First Post: Wednesday, November 23, 2016

The Death Throes of Prog Rock, reborn as a bona fide supergroup featuring Steve Howe, Carl Palmer.

‘They recommended euthanasia/For nonconformers everywhere…’

Free ones: Rundown…

Aqueduct

Pay-side (Weekday/Weekend): Today…

Churchill 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Mahoning 7, 8
Woodbine Pending…

Today’s Stakes Pageantry: Big afternoon at Zia Park, Hobbs, N.M. Big day. Race 5 there has the singled-out big-priced issue #4 Redneck Humor. Triple-threat TNT in Race 6: #2 Laugh It Up, #1 Diabolical Dame, #6 Seams Discreet. Two more in the seventh: #2 El Tule, #7 Reining Pesos. Race 8 finds #9 Endurance ready to persist through the 9 furlongs. Another doozie in the ninth: #8 Deputy’s Echo, #1 Concord Fast, #7 Inside Straight, #4 No Distortion. Big day. Eat ’em up.

But wait, there’s more! PennNat has three stakes in a row, one of those in Race 2, and #2B Peach Alley can do it. In Race 3, #6 Amplified and #4 Badabing Badaboom are eligible to surprise. Three more in Race 4: #4 Candip, #3 Imperial Hint, #9 Measured.

Stakes in the action!

Yesterday’s Activity:

Track (Win Mutuels $20+/Gettable)

Delta (2/1) — Race 4 was not contentious, but High-Octane Chancers and Progressive-Minded Eggheads had a competitive 83 on the LifeLiner Spread Column analysis on Hooked On Love, who went gate-to-wire to win by 1¼ at $30.40. Good work.

Mountain (1/1) — Dual Qualifier Island Sunset (90, 81) was an option for High-Octane Chancers and Progressive-Minded Eggheads in a noncontentious Race 4; he was up and active by the quarter-pole, winning by a clean head at $21-even. Good work.

Mahoning (2/1) — A noncontentious Race 3 was up for grabs anyway for the High-Octane Chancers and Progressive-Minded Eggheads, thanks to Destiny’s Song, a good 89 on the LifeLiner Speed Column analysis; he went gate-to-wire nonetheless, winning by 3½ at $23.20. Good work.

Keystone (2/1) — The finale was not contentious, but High-Octane Chancers and Progressive-Minded Eggheads found a strong 88 on the LifeLiner Spread Column analysis on Thea’s Reign; she went gate-to-wire to win by 1½ at $24.40. Good work.

Portland (0/0) — Trail Blazers lose at Nueva Jork Knickerbockers, 107-103; Damian Lillard led Portland with 22 pts.

Turf Paradise (1/1) — Race 6 was contentious, and High-Octane Chancers and Progressive-Minded Eggheads saw a field-best 88 on the LifeLiner Speed Column analysis on Party Til Sunrise, who was already in the ascendancy by the quarter-pole before winning by a clean neck at $20.60. Good work.

WMF Report:

Early
Chas. Town 6½f
Mountain 6f
Mahoning 1m
PennNat 6f

Rally
Aqueduct 1 1/16m (T)

Nocturnal Submission: Sifting through the wreckage…

Thank you. Best wishes. Goodbye. Tomorrow, The Notting Hillbillies or The Traveling Wilburys or both.